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Thursday May 22, 2025

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7 – 8 pm

KNOW THE RULES: Live Webinar Series

VirtualNY

7 – 8 pm

Harlem Gospel Series – The Thursday Night Rhythms of Resistance

Music

Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian ChurchHarlem

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7 – 8:30 pm

CRACKED OPEN

Theatre RowManhattan

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7 – 9 pm

Alexandria: Off-Broadway

Theater

Dixon PlaceNew York, NY

7 – 9 pm

MADDIE: A New Musical

Theater

The Players TheatreNew York City

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7 – 9:30 pm

Jazz Empowers NYC Student Showcase

Music

Roulette IntermediumBrooklyn

Rami Gabriel credit John Boehm

7 – 11 pm

New York Oud Festival Day Two

Music

barbèsBrooklyn

3 – Florencia Cuenca and Company

7 – 9:30 pm

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Art
Comedy

James Earl Jones TheatreManhattan

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7:30 – 10 pm

The Glenn Crytzer Quartet at Festival Café (UES)

Upper East Side (UES)

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7:30 pm

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Music

Beacon TheatreUpper West Side

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

OUTRAGED HEARTS: INTERIOR: PANIC and THE PRETTY TRAP

Houghton Hall Arts CommunityManhattan

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

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Art
Comedy

INTARHell’s Kitchen

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7:30 – 8 pm

Dermody Triangle Memorial Day Ceremony

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Captain Dermody TriangleBayside

8 – 9:30 pm

The Letdown

Comedy
Free

HalyardsBrooklyn

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8 pm

TOKiMONSTA

Music

Music Hall of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg

8 – 9 pm

I’LL TAKE IT

3AM TheatreAstoria

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8 pm

Crayon Box Comedy Show

Comedy

The Cobra ClubBrooklyn

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8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingBrooklyn

Banner for Now

8 – 10 pm

The Cabaret Burlesque at Culture Lab LIC

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

10 pm

Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit: A Cowboy Carter Drag Show

Desert 5 SpotBrooklyn

Friday May 23

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All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights Fridays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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All day

The Legacy of The Handmaid’s Tale: June’s Evolution from Handmaid to Rebel

The Paley MuseumManhattan

Painting by Amrit Khurana – Whispers In Bloom

All day

Perceptions of Sentience – Art Exhibition by artists with autism from around the globe

Art
Free

United Nations Visitors LobbyManhattan

Various

Staten Island Mall Carnival

Staten Island MallStaten Island

All day

DanceAfrica Festival 2025

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Brooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklyn

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All day

The Lot at Culture Lab LIC – Free Outdoor Concerts in May!

Free
Music

Culture Lab LICLong Island City

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

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All day

Above Ground Midtown: MCNY x DAZE – Live Graffiti Art at 550 Madison

Art
Free

Manhattan

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All day

Lower East Side Festival of The Arts

Theater for the New CityEast Village

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All day

World Heritage Week 2025

Community

Philadelphia

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